NORMA Group enables access to clean water for Indian children

(DGAP-Media / 19.11.2015 / 09:42)

NORMA Group enables access to clean water for Indian children

Maintal, Germany, 19 November 2015 - NORMA Group, a global market leader in
engineered joining technology, supports the efficient and sustainable use
of water as a resource with its many different products and systems.
Together with the child aid organisation Plan International Germany, NORMA
Group is hosting its development aid project "NORMA Clean Water". The aim
of the project is to improving the sanitary infrastructure and knowledge of
hygiene in Indian schools. To recognize the United Nations' (UN) World
Toilet Day on 19 November, NORMA Group is taking stock of its commitment
thus far.

The importance of the international World Toilet Day becomes clearer when
we consider that approximately 2.4 billion people around the world lack
access to sanitation facilities. A large number of these people live in
India and are exposed to severe health risks due to poor hygiene and the
sanitation situation. The poor hygiene conditions are partly to blame for
the fact that in India on average 1,000 children die of diarrhea each day.
NORMA Group is actively involved in combating this problem. "We see it as
part of our corporate responsibility to work on site and help solve these
types of social problems," says Werner Deggim, CEO of NORMA Group. "This is
why together with Plan International Germany we launched the NORMA Clean
Water program near our manufacturing facility in Pune in October 2014," he
adds.

Through the NORMA Clean Water program, around 50 schools with approximately
15,000 girls, boys and teachers will benefit from an improved water supply
and sanitation infrastructure within three years. Together with Plan
International and local partners, building, structural and educational
measures will be implemented at the schools that participate in the
program. The awareness of the students and the careful use of the new
sanitary and water systems will be institutionalized by establishing youth
clubs at Indian schools.

Intensive communication with the various stakeholders and the inclusion of
students, teachers, the school administration and the local administration
in this project have proven to be success factors in the development of
NORMA Clean Water. This was achieved with the help of local project
partners who are making important contributions to the success of NORMA
Clean Water. "We were able to contribute to the design of NORMA Clean Water
with our experience in working on aid projects in India and networking